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A Proclamation
A Public Thanksoipino

Forasmuch as we are under indisnens;.
BILE Obligations of Duty and Gratitude to
bless and magnify the great name of Al
mighty God for the innumerable Instances
of Divine Goodness vouchsafed to us in the
Course of the present Year.
hare therefore thought fit, by and with
the Advice of HIS MAJEsTY's COUNCIL,
to Order and Appoint, that Thursday the
nineteenth Instant, be observed and kept as
a Day OF Public Thanksgiving throughout
the Province, to Celebrate the HIGH
PRAISE of Our Great Preserver and
DOUBTFUL BENEFAcToR, for prolonging
the Life of Our Sovereign Lord King
GEORGE the Third and the Royal Consort
our most gracious Queen CHARLOTTE.
their Royal Highness George, Prince of
Wales the Princess Dowager of Wales. and
all the Branches of their illustrious fam
lily; for the tranquility of Europe, espe-
cially in the Kingdoms of Great Britain and
Ireland; for the Peace, Plenty, and gen
eral Health enjoyed throughout this Prov
ince and Land; for the Continuance of our
Civil and Ecclesiastical Privileges, and all
other numberless and unremitted Fayors
and Blessings afforded unto us. And all
servile Labour is forbidden on the said
Day.
Given at the Council Chamber at Ports
mouth this Sd Day of November, 1867, in
the S0th year of the Reign of Our Sever
eign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace
of God, OF Great Britain, France and Ire
land, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
j. WENTWORTH,
By, His excellency's, Com and, With
Advice of Council.
THEo. ATKINSON, Jun'r Secretary.
God Save the King.
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OUR CLIMATE.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES OF
SO.CALLED WINTER SEASONS.
Earliest Citrus Fruits Are Fonnd in
Central California
Facts for Eastern Visitors.

[san Francisco Bulletin, November 2sth.l
The wet season has now fairly begun, the.
rain having set in at about o'clock Ibis
morning, coming with a warm Southeast
wind. Cold weather, such as we. have had
for the past few days, is us,dally the har-
binger of rain, and in the. present case the
sign did not fail. Last 3: ght it was raining
at Olympia, and by7 o'clock this morning
it had got as far south as Roseburg, where
it was then raining. AT Olympia at that
hour 40 of an inch of rain had fallen DUR
ing the preceding twenty-four hears; at
Astoria, go; at Portland, 06, and at Rose
burg, .04. AT the hour named nc rain had
fallen in this State, according to the reports
received at the office of the railroad COM
pany, which receives reports from the
principal stations from Oregon to the Mex
lean line.
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
The visitor from the East. especially he
who is thinking of investing in a home
stead, will be interested ia any facts which
! show what the climate Of various sections
of the State is. He has been accustomed
to hear only of Southern California and its
| semi-tropical climate, and has very vague
and Tor the most part erroneous idea con-
corning the climatic conditions of the rest
of the State. The ignorance concerning
California which obtains in the East is well
illustrated by the case of a gentleman of
Cleveland, Ohio, to whom box of various
kinds of grapes raised in Sacramento were
| sent, who, when informed of the locality
| where they were grown expressed surprise
| that grapes of that kind should be found
outside of Los Angeles and San Diego
counties. The best grapes grown in the
! State are grown outside of Southern Cali
| fornia, and those found along the
eastern foothills of the Sacramento
valley from Sacramento north, have
never been surpassed anywhere. Many
visitors now here may, perhaps. be as
ignorant of these facts as the gentleman
referl ed to, and may be still further sur
prised to know that there are now ripening
at Oroville, six hundred miles north of Los
Angeles, the first orange crop of the season
nearly two months earlier than the crop
of Riverside. Specimens of the ripe oranges
| from the northern citrus belt are on exhi-
bition at the State Board of Trade on Sec
ond street in this city, and if any one still
visiting the Oroville Citrus Fair, which will
be opened at that place December GOTH
Such salient facts will probably induce
the Eastern visitor to study with interest
tables of temperature and rainfall which
are ordinarily tedious reading. But as they
illustrate great facts which unaccountably
seem to be but little known, the tables
found below are given:
| LAST WEEKS RAINS.
The report of the Signal Service officer
for the week ending November 26th shows
| that rains fell as follows:
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A Georgia Lovers stratagem.


A young countryman who had long
loved girl who lived mile or two from
him, was nearly in despair about winning
her hand, and was on the eve of selling
out and leaving the country, as the girl
had refused him three times, and it was
out that she was engaged to another fellow.
Our hero had noticed that his rival and
the girl would walk in an old meadow field
nearly every afternoon, and he grew madly
jealous. In his cattle he had a young bull
that was always mad with everything but
his master, because he was an especial pet.
Now Dave, as he called the bull, was to be
the object with which to satiate his re-
venge. He would turn him into the
meadow, hide himself, and see his rival
tossed like a football. So, one afternoon,
calling to Dave, who would follow him like
dog, he repaired to the meadow
let the fence down and turned the
bull in. He then strolled off, and walked
around as miserable as man could be
who was committing an evil deed. An
hour or SO later he heard the deep mutter-
ings of the bull, and Fastening to the
meadow fence he saw Dave about twenty
yards from the couple paving dirt and
shaking his head. The man was trying to
get the girl to run, but she was SO terrified
she could not move. The bull made a
dash, and the fellow ran shrieking for the
fence. The bull dashed on after the flying
fellow, while our disccnsolate young man,
having jumped the fence, rushed to the girl,
as the bull dashed on after the fugitive
rival, and, catching her in his arms, told her
that such coward was unworthy of her.
As Dave saw his young master he left off
pursuing the other man, returned and went
to licking his hand, while the indignant
girl vowed she would never more speak to
man that was afraid of COW. She soon
afterward married Dawes boes.-Americus
Republican
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hen will lay smaller eggs than otherwise.
Chatham Courier.

Sfttttfum OOuJt
GENERAL NOTES.
Professor Budd gives the following as
his method of destroying gophers at the
college farm: We cut middling-sized pota
toes into halves and rub the cut surfaces
with strychnine crystals. These pieces
are stuck firmly on the sharpened ends of
stiff twigs about eighteen inches in length.
As the burrows of the gopher are opened,
a piece of potato is run in the length of
the stick, the outer end being fastened
by sticking it into the earth at the
mouth of the hole. If the gopher
finds the obstruction not easy to remove
he gets chance to taste the poisonous po-
tato, and pronounces it good. If put
loosely into their runs, they throw it out
in nine cases out Of ten untasted.
According to a recent estimate there
are seven thousand varieties of apples in
the country.
The influence of the human voice, more
or less, on all animals, should always be
kept in mind. In managing horses, es-
pecially, the voice is of the greatest use,
not loud and boisterous, but quiet, though
confident and masterful No one should
ever go about horse in any way without
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The more important point in making
pigs profitable is to make them useful.
To limited extent this is done by max
ing the pig scavenger for the removal of
refuse that would otherwise become even
more offensive than when it passes through
the pig.-& Louis Republican.
Carrots are said to be excellent food for
horses, giving sleek, oily appearance to
their hair. AS from five hundred to one
thousand bushels may be raised to the acre
on good land, we think they might be
made profitable for home use.-Lldjan-
apolis Sentinel.
Professor Sanborn, of Missouri Agricult-
ural College, believes that foreground
corncob meal has high value and coarse
cob meal but little as pig feed He thinks
the former better than clear meal.
The farmer of to-day with brains and
ambition to make his farm pay mus
clear his mind of cobwebs and his back O
moss. He must read as well as labor with
his hands.-Farm, Field and Scotsman.
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PoIsoN IN CANNED GooDs.-Ns portion
of a cans contents should remain in it after
opening. Admission Of air rapidly changes
sesind goods into spoiled stuff, developing
acetic putrefaction, and poisonous stannous
hyG-ate takes the place Of harmless tin. If
alarming symptoms should come on after
eating, such as colicky abdominal pains
vomiting, diarrh@a and great depression.
and ali who were at the table were attacked
alike, it IS fair to presume that they are
poisoned Gy some article OF food. While a
messenger is going for doctor, give to
each person zho has not yotaited freely an
emetic Of wars, water alone or with tea
spoonful Of mustard stirred into half a
tumblerful, and aherward administer sweet
oil or white of egg copiously. 1t is not
likely that any such eases Will prove fatal,
but the symptoms are alarming enough,
even from a small quantity Of this poison
american Magazine.
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l dreamed dream in the midst of my slumbers
And as fast as l dreamed it was coined into
numbers:
My thoughts ran along in such beautiful meter
| N sure ne er saw any poetry sweeter.
1t seemed that law had been recently made,
That tax on old bachelors pateS should be
And in order to make them all willing 10
marry,
The tax was as large as man could well carry.
Twas cruel injustice and horrid abuse
And declared that to save their own hearts
blood from spilling,
OF such vile taz they would ne'er pay shill-
ing.
But the rulers determined their scheme to pur-
sue,
So they set all the bachelors up at vendue.
crer was sent through the town to and fro
To rattle his bell and his trumpet to blow,
And to bawI out to all he might meet on his way,
=" Ho! forty old bachelors sold here to-day"
And presently all the old maids of the towl,-
Each one in her very best bonnet and gown
From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red and pale,
Of every description all focked to the sale.
The auctioneer, then, in his labor began;
And called out aloud, as he held up man,
" How much for bachelor? Who wants to
buy?"
In twink, every maiden responded, ''I-Ir'
In short at hugely extravagant price.
The bachelors all were sold off in trice,
And forty old maidens-some younger, some
older
Each lugged an old bachelor home on her
shoulder.
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The figures in the second column show
the extent of the deficiency below the
normal rainfall with the exception of Los
Angeles, Indio, San Diego and Yuma, where
there was an excess. In temperature, there
| was an excess in Sacramento, Los Angeles.
San Diego and Carson City, the other
figures in the fourth column denoting de-
ficiency.
THE COLD WEATHER
Last week the weather generally through
out the State was cooler than usual. Below
is given table of temperature of twenty
two points in California, which is interest
ing for comparison. The record is that
received daily at Southern Pacific head
quarters, and in all cases the temperature
was taken at A. NJ. at the dates given:
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURES AT SAC
EAMENrO.

The statement below shows the ayera %
temperature at Sacramento for each M
for thirty-four years; also, the spri.. 10 snm,
mer, autumn and winter temp atnra for
thirty-four years. The coolest year INFER
ring from the ne average ten perture, was that
OF 1850, 81 %; the warmes,. was 1861 81 so.
the mean average for The mast tb;rsy .1 fonr
years, COZ slowing the Coolest to- have
Deen . peio'@ the mem average, while the
warns" az sear was that of 1854, when it was
20, apIve the mean average for thirty-four
YES; By careful study Of the table there
dh be nouced but slight difference be-
I tween the coolest and Warmest wear "a
compared With thirty four-year average,
| generally not more than 80. Therefore. we
might safely say that the average tempera-
ture OF any year is not likely to vary more
than - from 600 either way, between the
hottest and coldest year, as compared with
the mean average temperature for tn e
past thirty-four years
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LOCALITY
In this record it is noted that Yuma and

In this record it is noted that Yuma and
Sacramento were the warmest points on
any day, with the odds trifie favoring
Sacramento. On the 23d the Sacramento
temperature of $50 was one degree in ad-
vance of Yuma. Iii seen, also that Sacra
mento and surrounding points were warmer
than Los Angeles and Pomona and ada
cent points in the southern counties. When
the temperature at Sacramento was Gle at
Pomona it was SOC; and when at San Jose
1t was 40, at Los Angeles it was 43o. On
one date the temperature in this citv. at
Red Bluff, Auburn and Sacramento. was
equal to or higher than the recorded tenn
perature at Los Angeles. On two dates
San Francisco and Los Angeles tempera.
ture was the same-43o on the 26th and 500
ON the Dist
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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL, NORTH AND
SOUTH.
The following table will show the tenn
perature and rainfall in the southern and
northern portions of the State, making
clear the fact that in sections of the country
many hundreds OF miles apart the semi
tropical climate which is claimed as "a mo-
nopoly by our southern friends, exists 10
the northern extremity of the Sacramento
valley, while there is decided advantage
over the southern section of the State in
the matter of rainfall and clear days. These
facts will appear plainly in the following
table:
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According to E. G. Ravenstein, the Eng
lish foot is used as the standard of length
by countries having 100000 inhabit-
ants, the metre by 347 ,09l 900 people, and
the Castilian foot by 5,905, 00o Denmark
and Russia are the only countries in conti-
mental Europe which have not adopted
the metre
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SACRAMENTO TEMPERATURE.

The following table shows the highest.
lowest and average yearly temperature for
Sacramento. This data is from the rec
ords OF DIR. Thomas NJ. Logan, the Rail-
road Company. Samuel H Gerrish and the
records of the United States Signal Office.
The records cover a period of thirty four
years. 1t shows that very low tempera.
ture Is never recorded at this point. Often
several years will intervene without the
temperature falling to the freezing point.
The lowest recorded temperature is ICE. in
1854, and the highest 1869, in 1870, while
the prevailing direction of wind fer the
year is usually from the south
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a SORE throat. cough or cold, if suffered
to progress, results in seriors pulmonary
affections often times incuabie. Browns
Bronchial Troches' reach directly the seat
of the disease, and give instant relief.
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II is wise to provide against emergencies
which are liable TO arise in every family.
In sudden attacks OF cold, Group, asthma,
etc, bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
will prove never-failing remedy.
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GENERAL NOTICES.
Don't il you're wise

Credit plausible lies
With SOZODONT comparing some cheap article.
No dentifrice that's sold,
Spite of protestations bold,
Of resemblance has to it the smallest particle
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
THOMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell it
at Is cents, o15-1yS
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The best pace in California to have yoz- printing done.
A. J. Johnston & Co.'S. go St, SacEau,enso, Cal
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If you want Number One Garnet
GER, 500 NJ street. If
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Advice to MOthers.-Mrs. Winslow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
Children are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the little
cnerub awakes as bright as button" II is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soOthes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and Is the best known
remedy ior dlarrhoea, whether arising nom teeth
ing OF otner causes. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
mr151yMWF
1 have used several bottles of Ely's
CREAM BALM with great success. Had the
catarrh so bad that whenever would blow my
nose 1t would bleed. Would hawk till entirely
out of breath Since using the Balm am quite
a different man. Would not be without it,
Charles Beisel, Company K, Seventeenth In
fantry, Fort Custer, Montana.
! am using ELI'S CREAM BALM for catarrh
with good result having used only one half of a
bottle am convinced that if used as directed it
will cure the worst cases of catarrh.-J E.
Sprague. White Sulphur Springs, Montana 1y
The best place in California have yoz- printing done.
a. J. Johnston & Cos. go St, Sacramento, Cal
If you want Number One Garnet
woven on short notice, send i. to MARY S. cow
GER, 500 NJ street. If
:. S. q e. L. southwortfi. Dentists, szc.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

.. S. 3 E. L. southworti,. Dentisas, sae.
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A NEW FERTILIZER.

Basic Stag, the refuse of steel works,
when freed from iron and reduced to a
powder. proves to be a valuable fertilizer,
principally on account of the phosphorus
it contains. Mountains of black Stag have
accumulated about the iron and steel works
in England, and much in this country, all
of which can be proftably worked over
and made into a valuable manure.
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AND RAINFALL, NORTH AND

Totals .............i 2o2I Al 2436G BOSS a l6i3O
Averages for thlr-
ty-four years.. 595I III 6l.4I 4S3
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
an ARcnHo oloGIoA1 pHTzE.
A stone sdOt From Easter Ihlsnd gar
SmtIIiaOnIssu Institute.

A private ciblegram was reeelvot by
George II. Bates, Esq, Friday night from
Valparaiso, s. A.. announcing the @lfa lrFi-
val NJ that port Of theU s 5. Mohlean With
Hne of the wonderfni stone id'tis from
Easter ISlHad FOR the Suliihsoi Ian Iugtii1te,
Washington, au board.
The M0hiGslu WIS ut Mr. Batas' disposal
during his recent stay at BanoGa Island in
the interests of the United States eoverr-
ment, and after the expiration Of his mis-
sion Ii conveyed him to mail steamer, upon
which he continued the journey. The Mo-
htcan then proceeded to the Easter Islands,
where the officers were to carefully Inspect
the remarkable stone Idols with the view to
removing one to Washington for the Ma
tlonal Institute. The caDle2rllns siloB tl,ut
their mission has been entirely tucaessful
which will be matter Of e0ntratulation
among arehRoIogists.
1.-THE Encyclopaedia Britannica, under the
hdad Of prehistoric teGlains says The
most remarkable of these nre found on
Easter Island ,atttf0 santh-e -eMsiern extremity
Of Polynesia nearly 500 miles from S NTH
America, HaTs are found Immense plat
forms built OF large eut stone fitted together
without cement rhp walls on tie sCd-siie
are, Ia some Of ,bp platforms, nearly 81 .e4t
high Bnd from 0 10 800 feet long by about
80 vide. Spme Of the squBred sfOupsureNs
much as six feet long. On the lHud slide 81
sno P'dtiuThs ehere ~ IL piotu tSEINcN WIN
large stone pedestalsupon which once stoot
colossal stone Images caryai someghat INTO
the shape of q human trunk Or someuf the
platforms there are upwards OF haii adpgpn
images now thrown from their iejsesflls
and lying In all directions. They range "a
hight from A to 50 foet and are forspgA az
gray trachytic lava found on the east and
of the Island. The top Of the head OF the
images Is cnt fat to cut round crowns made
of a reddish versieular stuff. One statue s
great curtositles NJ the British museum
The present inhabitants OF Easter Island
know nothing of the construction of these
remarkable works, and the entire subject Of
their existence In this small and remote
island is a mysteryl
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4 SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
TNO Mem Thr0yvn From q 'Erekslc
'ENgensy-tNvO Feet High.

'ESvO Mem T'hr0Nvn ErOm a 'Frekslc
'ENEenGY-tNvO Feet RsIgA.
A serious accident occurred al Gnceh's
bridge, about IA miles from this city and
three miles below Newark, about o'clock
on Tuesday week, by which two Viii
mingtonians were seriously injured. A
large trestle spanning the ClriEtiaua at
Cooch's mills on the Newark & Delaware
City railroad was in need Of repairs, and d
gang Of men from the p, w. Il B. rail
road bridge department in this city were
sent 10 make the necessary repairs.
On Tuesday afternoon week, Just as the
men returned TO their work the accident
happened. They had just resumed their
work when James Tynsr, in some uuac-
countsble way, slipped and went
stumbling of the trestle. In his fall,
however, he grasped feilow-workman,
John Mulqueen, in order to save himself,
and also knocked the latter from the
trestle Both men were precipitated TO
the bank of the stream below, distance
of about % feet. Mulqueen struck the
grounds first and Tyner fell ON top of
him. The former alighted on his side and
was seriously injured internally, while
Tyner struck an obstruction in his down
ward course and sustained q compound
fracture of his wrist and was bruised.
The men were carried into Coooh's
mills in an unconscious condition and
Drs. Skinner of Glasgow and Clark and
Kollock of Newark attended to their in
juries. They were afterwards brought to
their homes in this city ON special train
and placed under DIR. Draper's care.
Mulqueen lives on Fourth street lust
above Lombard, while Tyner lives in the
western part of the city.
James Tyner says he did not touch
Mulqueen in his fall, nor did he faIl on
him, but that both fell from rope, with
which they were lowering piece of
timber, giving way.